Re: Foxgloves
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Foxgloves
- From: K* M*
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:52:30 -0800
Val, I have Digitalis mertonensis and it is a pretty soft strawberry color,
this was the first year for it but I cut the stalks back and it has divided
at the base so will see what happens this summer. I have several started
and the Apricot one and wild seedlings. I live where there are wild ones
in the close by mountains (Oregon) and I collected seeds from some. There
was the most beautiful pink one at least 6 feet tall and a pure white one.
When I went back to check on them the road had been widened so they are
gone. But they were so pretty. I see seed for the pure white and the
yellow ones in catalogs and would like to try them. I guess I as addicted
to Foxgloves, I can't get too many! I have deer where I am and now a little
jack rabbit so don't know how they will make it or if they will become a
meal for them.
Karan
At 08:37 AM 12/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Valerie Lowery@ZEON
>12/17/98 08:37 AM
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>Alicia, I love my foxgloves. Again, they don't scatter seed very well in
>my garden. I've tried to help them out, but the summers can be brutal on
>young plants and they don't like heat/humidity very well. I have to start
>seeds indoors and let the plants grow to fill quart containers before
>setting them outside. Then, I try to put them in a shaded part of the yard
>to grow out for the year because the summer sun will fry them to a crisp.
>After blooming the plants look ratty to me. Again, I cut them all back
>except for a few stems that I hope will drop seed.
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>Last year's display was wonderful because it didn't get very cold this
>winter and the plants grew huge. I bought some yellow perennial foxgloves
>(digitalis ambigua -- Ha! Ha! I brought my book into work with me and now I
>can quote some latin names) and was disappointed with their first year, so
>I'm eager to see what they do this spring.
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>Has anyone tried the Merton foxgloves (digitalis mertoniensis)? They are
>touted to be perennial also, and come in the strawberry shades that I like.
>Are they truly perennial? This one catalog says that the foliage stays
>nice all summer...
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>Val in KY
>zone 6a
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